Sebastian Baez and Filip Cristian Jianu will square off in the quarter of the Kyiv Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:00 pm on COURT 10. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sebastian Baez who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sebastian Baez is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Baez -> 1.26
Filip Cristian Jianu -> 3.85
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Baez vs. Filip Cristian Jianu
There is no head to head record between Sebastian Baez and Filip Cristian Jianu since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Sebastian Baez
Ranked no. 155, Baez got to the quarter after beating Illya Beloborodko 6-3 7-5 and Alex Rybakov 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Sebastian had a good straight sets win against Rybakov (6-4 6-2). During the match, Baez scored 80 points vs Rybakov’s 67. Sebastian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Baez blasted 2 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Sebastian Baez lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Baez put 85% of his first serves in, winning 63% (32/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (4/9) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Rybakov 5 times after converting 31% of his break points (5/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Baez started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Baez has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 69% of his matches (129-57). 31-9 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Baez has a composed116-50 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title in the Concepcion Challenger where he defeated Francisco Cerundolo in the final 6-3 6-7(5) 7-6(5) and in the Santiago Challenger where he beat Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera in the final 6-3 7-6(4) and in the Zagreb Challenger where he beat Juan Pablo Varillas in the final 3-6 6-3 6-1.
Baez has an overall 33-11 win-loss record in 2021, 31-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kyiv Challenger
The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.
Filip Cristian Jianu
Ranked no. 337, Filip reached the quarter after beating Richard Zusman 6-4 6-1 and Riccardo Bonadio 7-65 3-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Romanian defeated Bonadio (7-65 3-6 6-4). During the match Cristian scored 105 points vs Bonadio’s 104. Filip was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Cristian bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Filip Cristian Jianu lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Cristian put 66% of his first serves in, winning 62% (39/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (19/32) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Bonadio 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Romanian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Romanian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Cairo and M15 Antalya.
Cristian has an overall 39-25 win-loss record in 2021, 36-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Baez | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 49 |
| Pts | 154-133 | 162-144 |
| Total Points | 287 | 306 |
| Winners | 63 | 64 |
| %Winners | 41% | 40% |
Both Baez and Cristian played 2 matches. At the moment, Filip Cristian Jianu surrendered 1 set while Sebastian Baez hasn’t conceded a set so far. Baez has played 1 set(s) less than Cristian (4 vs 5). Therefore, Baez played 10 games less than Cristian. Sebastian scored 63 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian made 64 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Baez | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 101/129 | 99/147 |
| %1st in | 78% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 63/101 | 64/99 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 27/48 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 56% |
Baez blasted 3 aces (1.5 per match). Cristian bagged 3 aces (1.5 per match). Baez won 62% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Cristian won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Baez | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 9 |
| Converted | 9/25 | 9/19 |
| % Converted | 36% | 47% |
| Conceded | 14 | 11 |
| Saved | 11 | 6 |
| % Saved | 79% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Sebastian broke his opponents 9 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Argentine lost his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded. Cristian broke his opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. Filip conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.
| Baez | ||||
| R1 Beloborodko |
R2 Rybakov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 18 | 39 | |
| pts | 74-66 | 80-67 | 154-133 | |
| Total points | 140 | 147 | 287 | |
| Winners | 31 | 32 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 40% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 50/69 | 51/60 | 101/129 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 85% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 31/50 | 32/51 | 63/101 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 63% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 4/9 | 16/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 44% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 5/16 | 9/25 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 31% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 7/9 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 78% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Cristian | ||||
| R1 Zusman |
R2 Bonadio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 7-65 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 32 | 49 | |
| pts | 57-40 | 105-104 | 162-144 | |
| Total points | 97 | 209 | 306 | |
| Winners | 25 | 39 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 37% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 36/52 | 63/95 | 99/147 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 66% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 25/36 | 39/63 | 64/99 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 62% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 19/32 | 27/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 59% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/12 | 9/19 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 33% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 43% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
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